Superfund Task Force
Superfund Task Force Image Gallery
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Administrator Pete Lopez presented New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Jersey City and Prologis, Inc. – the company responsible for the cleanup and reuse of the site – with the Excellence in Site Reuse Award. NJDEP Deputy Commissioner Debbie Mans, Jersey City Deputy Mayor Marcos Vigil and representatives from Prologis, Inc. accepted the Excellence in Site Reuse Award for work at the PJP Landfill Superfund site in Jersey City, N.J. The PJP Landfill Superfund site is home to a newly constructed warehouse and distribution center, continued commercial use, public open space and restored wetlands.
Map showing electrical resistance heating treatment system components at the CTS Site.
Cross-section showing how electrical resistance heating treatment works to extract contaminants from below ground and treat them above the surface. Credit: TRS Group, Inc.
Photo of Former EPA Administrator Pruitt visiting the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site in 2017 after Hurricane Harvey. On April 9, 2018 EPA announced that an agreement has been reached with International Paper Company and McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corporation to perform a remedial design at the site. From left to right: Scott Jones of the Galveston Bay Foundation; Jackie Young, of the Texas Health and Environment Coalition; John Meyer, EPA; Sam Coleman, former EPA Acting Regional Administrator; Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
On March 22, 2018, EPA deleted the surface soil portion of the 55-acre Pacific Coast Pipeline site in Fillmore, Calif., from the Superfund National Priorities List clearing the way for commercial or recreational use.
Representatives from EPA, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, and the towns of Foxborough and Mansfield gather to celebrate the deletion of the Hatheway & Patterson site from Superfund’s National Priorities List. 
Tom Mahler, a remedial project manager from EPA’s Region 7 office, presents the proposed remedy for the West Lake Landfill Superfund site to an audience of more than 600 community members and officials in Bridgeton, Missouri, on Mar. 6, 2018.
On Feb. 27, 2018, EPA deleted the C&D Recycling site in Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from the Superfund National Priorities List. EPA conducted oversight of the remediation work by Nassau Metals Corporation to clean up soil and sediment contamination, and has determined the site no longer poses a threat to human health or the environment.
On Feb. 13, 2018, Former Administrator Pruitt toured the Mohawk Tannery site in Nashua, New Hampshire, with EPA Region 1 Administrator Alexandra Dunn and Superfund Director Bryan Olson. Mohawk Tannery is one of the 21 sites targeted by Former Administrator Pruitt for intense, immediate action. EPA’s action items for the site are to finalize a non-time critical removal action and facilitate redevelopment with interested developers.
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Introduction
"The Superfund Task Force reflects the best efforts of our career professionals to expedite Superfund site remediation and better protect the health of our citizens and our environment." - Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
Protecting human health and the environment is EPA’s core mission. Ensuring that the Superfund program operates optimally is one of this mission’s cornerstones.
With this in mind, former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt established the Superfund Task Force on May 22, 2017, to provide recommendations for improving and expediting site cleanups and promoting redevelopment.
Specifically, the Task Force looked at how EPA can:
- Restructure the cleanup process;
- Realign incentives of all involved parties to promote timely remediation;
- Reduce the burden on cooperating parties;
- Incentivize parties to remediate sites;
- Encourage private investment in cleanups; and
- Promote the revitalization of properties across the country while ensuring protection of human health and the environment.
On July 25, 2017, EPA’s Superfund Task Force released its recommendations, which are organized under five goals:
- Expediting cleanup and remediation;
- Reinvigorating responsible-party cleanup and reuse;
- Encouraging private investment;
- Promoting redevelopment and community revitalization; and
- Engaging partners and stakeholders.
EPA is committed to actively engaging with our partners and stakeholders to successfully implement the Task Force’s recommendations. Each of the above goals includes actions to begin within 12 months of the recommendations’ release. These actions are in various stages of planning or execution — please see the quarterly reports provided on the Accomplishments page for status updates.
